`Bobby' pair finds pyaar again
RANA SIDDIQUI
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Rishi Kapoor and Dimple are back together in "Pyaar Mein Twist" with lots of nostalgic memories and hopes that a new era is dawning for senior actors.
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LOVE DEFIES AGE : Rishi Kapoor and Dimple in "Pyaar Mein Twist."
Mention "Pyaar Mein Twist" and Rishi Kapoor turns young. There is no stopping him when he starts speaking about the positive points of the film in which he returns with Dimple nearly 20 years after "Sagar," and more than three decades since they kissed and cavorted in "Bobby."
"We should be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the only romantic pair in the world to have given three love stories according to our age in three different eras: a teenage love story, then for the youth and now a mature one about an ageing couple. We have scored a hat-trick!" declares a very excited Rishi.
In the film he plays a business tycoon who is a widower. He has fulfilled all his responsibilities as a father and grandfather.
He meets Dimple, who has a successful professional life but is alone as her husband too is dead. They fall for each other and decide to get married against all odds.
Rishi is happy to have signed this one. " This film has mature treatment. Thank God, filmmakers are now thinking of roles for us too. This film gives me some scope to play my age... a welcome change. I am tired of doing roles which will fetch me money but give me no creative satisfaction."
No melodrama
Such films have some melodrama in the end and lots of sermons too? "Yes, the producer wanted to make it melodramatic, but I put my foot down. ... [It] is partly in favour of women's emancipation. It clearly says that love is not about youth ... or sex. It is a feeling that can dawn at any age. Love defies age. Without sermonising we have included a dialogue in which we give an example of the love between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker. We have tried to convey to people that at this age when they can get married, then why not us? And our children must understand and respect our need for a companion at this age."
About how the film may be received among the youth and traditional audience is what the evergreen hero leaves to the media. "Yeh aap logon ka kaam hai (That is your job). You should educate the audience about the needs of the older people. And in the film Dimple [and] I have not shunned our household or professional responsibilities... and now [we] are trying to break a taboo. Love is everybody's right, ours too. And I believe that now people do accept older actors in different roles. See Amitabh in `Black' and `Khakee' and Sharmila in `Viruddh.' If this is any indication, then we senior actors will have some substance to show in films now."
The title of the film is misguiding, although it is promoted as a romantic comedy. "No, it is not a comedy please. Comedy is what David Dhawan gives us. It is a sweet film dealing with the issues of lonely [ageing] parents whose spouses are no more with them."
Rishi "connected" with Dimple when he met her on the sets after a long gap. "I saw no change in her. She is as beautiful, as dignified and as professional as she was during `Bobby' or `Sagar'. ... We gave a shot on the same Madh Island in Mumbai where we shot for `Bobby' and `Sagar,' " says Rishi, chuckling like a child.
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